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‘We do not want war’: Mexico president defends release of El Chapo’s son
The Guardian 18 Oct 2019
Cartel gunmen on Thursday surrounded security forces in Culiacán, Sinaloa state, and made them free the drug lord’s son Ovidio Guzmán López after his detention triggered raging gunbattles and a prison break .......
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Hong Kong's leader backs police use of force as protesters plan 'illegal' march
The Times of India 19 Oct 2019
HONG KONG. Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam took to the airwaves on Saturday to back the use of force by police ahead of a major anti-government march planned this weekend in the Chinese-ruled city, which has been battered by months of violent protests ... Campaigners vowed it would go ahead despite police ruling the rally illegal ... Top Videos. Trending Videos....
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American weapons ended up in the wrong hands in Yemen. Now they're being turned on the US-backed government
CNN 19 Oct 2019
(CNN)American-made weaponry has fallen into the hands of rival militia groups in Yemen, some of whom have turned their arms against each other in a bitter and worsening conflict, a new CNN investigation has found ... But more than half a year on and the situation on the ground only seems to have got worse. Related Article ... Read More ... Col ... Pentagon pledges....
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Boeing pilots messaged about 737 Max issues years before 2 crashes killed 346
Yahoo Daily News 19 Oct 2019
Internal messages between two Boeing pilots appear to show the company knew about problems with an automated system in the 737 Max aircraft in 2016, two years before two separate crashes involving the Max killed 346 people ... News of the internal messages was reported earlier by The New York Times ... PHOTO ... (Jason Redmond/AFP via Getty Images, FILE) ... MORE....
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1st all-woman spacewalk sparks unprecedented interest: NASA
The Siasat Daily 19 Oct 2019
Washington. Astronauts Jessica Meir and Christa Koch made history with the first all-female spacewalk, an excursion to repair a power unit on the International Space Station ... Viewers who tuned into NASA’s live-stream of the spacewalk saw the white-suited astronauts in stark relief against the black of deep space ... Later that same year, Kathryn D....
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Top Navy Seal who oversaw Osama bin Laden raid: ‘Our Republic is under attack’ by Trump
The Independent 18 Oct 2019
A top US Navy admiral hailed as the architect of the Osama bin Laden raid has denounced Donald Trump, writing in a scathing editorial on Friday that the president was seeking to “destroy” the country. ... We’ll tell you what’s true. You can form your own view. From 15p €0.18 $0.18 USD 0.27 a day, more exclusives, analysis and extras. Subscribe now....
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US Levies New Sanctions on Cuba Over Human Rights, Venezuela
Voa News 19 Oct 2019
The United States is imposing new sanctions on Cuba over its human rights record and its support for Venezuela’s government, the U.S. Commerce Department said Friday ... The United States will also expand sanctions to include more foreign goods containing U.S ... Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross said in the statement ... In a separate statement, the U.S ... ....
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Welcome to one of the most important days in British political history
CNN 19 Oct 2019
London (CNN)Welcome to what might be one of the most important days in British political history. Earlier this week, Boris Johnson did the near impossible and secured a new Brexit deal from the European Union ... Brexit wrecking ball?. Read More ... The immediate fallout of that vote could have profound consequences for the future of the United Kingdom ... ....
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Clashes erupt in Barcelona as half a million separatists rally
Daily Star Lebanon 18 Oct 2019photo: Creative Commons / Clint Adair
UAE Government Plans on Using Blockchain for 50% of Its Operations
Coin Idol 19 Oct 2019
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) government is considering using futuristic technologies including blockchain or distributed ledger technology (DLT) in more than half of its operations in the near future ... Governments Using DLT ... Cryptocurrency Still in Turmoil ... ....
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McConnell slams Donald Trump's Syria withdrawal as 'strategic nightmare'
The Times of India 19 Oct 2019
WASHINGTON. US Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell Friday attacked President Donald Trump's decision to pull troops from Syria as "a strategic nightmare" that will help Washington's foes and hurt its allies ... Fighting has continued despite a temporary ceasefire Vice President Mike Pence brokered with Ankara ... Top Videos ... ....
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Streaming: Meryl Streep kicks off a season of starry Netflix offerings
The Guardian 19 Oct 2019
Get comfy on the couch with a new Soderbergh and a bravura turn from Eddie Murphy, the first of the streaming giant’s big autumn films Autumn is upon us, and with it the long, often tedious publicity trail to the Oscars ... .......
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Internet shutdown fuels occupied Kashmir fake news battle in South Asia
Dawn 19 Oct 2019
A communications blackout in the powderkeg region of Indian-occupied Kashmir is fuelling a fake news war between internet users in India and Pakistan, as both sides unleash a deluge of disinformation to fill the vacuum and shape opinion ... Read. Kashmir, the valley without a curfew pass ... 'Digital siege' ... ....
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The man who fed the world
BBC News 19 Oct 2019
In 1970 Dr Norman Borlaug was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his pioneering work developing disease-resistant crops ... ....
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Investigation into Hillary Clinton emails finds no deliberate mishandling of classified information
The Independent 19 Oct 2019
A multi-year State Department probe of emails that were sent to former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's private computer server concluded there was no systemic or deliberate mishandling of classified information by department employees, according to a report submitted to Congress this month ... We’ll tell you what’s true. You can form your own view....
